A Study on the Occurrence of the Dutch Disease in Iranian Economy and Its Impact on Economic Growth

The issue of the impact of oil revenues on the economic performance of the countries that own these incomes is a significant part of the economic literature. One of the main reasons for the poor performance of resource-rich countries is the incidence of “Dutch Disease” in these countries. Considering this issue, after we review the literature on Dutch Disease, we first focus on the occurrence of Dutch Disease in Iranian economy and in the next stage, we study the effects of this problem on economic growth. To see if the problem of Dutch Disease has happened in Iranian economy or not, we have s... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Abbas Shakeri
Teymour Mohammadi
Hamid Nazeman
Javad Taherpoor
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
Reihe/Periodikum: Faslnāmah-i Pizhūhish/Nāmah-i Iqtisādī, Vol 13, Iss 50, Pp 63-86 (2013)
Verlag/Hrsg.: Allameh Tabataba'i University Press
Schlagwörter: dutch disease / economic growth / resource curse / oil income / Economics as a science / HB71-74
Sprache: per
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The issue of the impact of oil revenues on the economic performance of the countries that own these incomes is a significant part of the economic literature. One of the main reasons for the poor performance of resource-rich countries is the incidence of “Dutch Disease” in these countries. Considering this issue, after we review the literature on Dutch Disease, we first focus on the occurrence of Dutch Disease in Iranian economy and in the next stage, we study the effects of this problem on economic growth. To see if the problem of Dutch Disease has happened in Iranian economy or not, we have studied the production share of different tradable sectors (industry and agriculture) and non-tradable sectors (services and housing) and to study the effects of Dutch Disease on economic growth, we have used the growth models related to this research area and we have estimated these models by applying Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) method with Withe correction. The results of our study show that the Dutch Disease has happened in Iranian economy along with the increase in oil incomes, especially in 1970s and 2000s, and also the occurrence of Dutch Disease has had a negative effect on economic growth in Iranian economy.